Why is zsh not able to read ~ (tilde) from a path in a script?
Use the following code to get what you want:
export PATH=~/Desktop/Capture/echo $PATH# Result: /Users/swift/Desktop/Capture/Although, when you're using a string, you'll get this:
export PATH="~/Desktop/Capture/"echo $PATH # Result: ~/Desktop/Capture/So to get it right, you'll have to try this approach:
tilde=~export PATH="${tilde}/Desktop/Capture/"echo $PATH # Result: /Users/swift/Desktop/Capture/P.S. Also, there's one useful command for tilde to be expanded.
Here's an example:
echo tilda=~# Result: tilda=~Use magicequalsubst command in zsh:
set -o magicequalsubstecho tilda=~ # Result: tilda=/Users/swift